Tag: Security and Intelligence

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Green MP Keith Locke is worried about

New Zealand's passive response to revelations that the US authorities have been intercepting hundreds of thousands of ordinary bank transactions around the globe has fallen far short of the standard set by the European Parliament.

KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Green Party will be supporting the referral of the Customs and Excise Amendment Bill (No 2) to a select committee.

Green MP Keith Locke has written to the Saudi government expressing his concern over the ongoing imprisonment of Rayed Ali, six weeks after he was deported from New Zealand on May 30 for formerly being associated with a September 11 terrorist.

Given recent Security Intelligence Service failures, Minister of Immigration David Cunliffe should withdraw the risk security certificate against Ahmed Zaoui, Green Party Intelligence Services Spokesperson Keith Locke says.

The near-doubling of the vote for Security and Intelligence in the Budget calls for an explanation now, and effective oversight of the security services afterwards, Green Party Security and Intelligence Spokesperson Keith Locke says.

Latest revelations that the NSA keeps huge data banks on the phone calls and e-mails of ordinary US citizens should prompt the Government to review its involvement with the Waihopai spy base.

The immigration review signals an unfortunate extension of powers of arrest and detention to highly fallible immigration officials and security agencies, at the expense of migrants and refugees, Green Party MP Keith Locke says